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US Bank Should Face Ex-AI Chief's EEOC Claim, Judge Says

The former head of artificial intelligence at U.S. Bank should be allowed to proceed with his discrimination claim against the bank, a North Carolina magistrate judge recommended Thursday, adding that two other claims should be dismissed as not timely or not sufficiently pled.

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Feds Urge Agencies To Integrate AI Into Hiring Process

The Trump administration outlined Thursday how federal agencies should incorporate artificial intelligence into the hiring process, suggesting that the technology can be used to craft job descriptions and evaluate applicants with human oversight.

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NLRB Seeks To Permanently Block Calif. Fill-In Law

The National Labor Relations Board urged a California federal court to bar a state law allowing the state labor board to perform certain duties if the national board cannot, arguing that recent decisions in other cases "confirmed" the court should find the law is preempted.

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9th Circ. Wage Ruling Shows Arbitration Pacts Are Still Useful

Benjamin Runge

After years of uncertainty for California employers, the Ninth Circuit’s recent Cocom v. ABM Aviation decision sig... (more story)

NLRB Ruling Highlights Risk From Employee Handbook Test

Daniel Johns

A National Labor Relations Board judge's recent decision to strike down a workplace rule that only theoretically i... (more story)

ERC Filing Deadlines Raise Tax Adviser Liability Risk

Michael Williams

To minimize their risk, employee retention credit providers and tax advisers should understand that agreements to ... (more story)

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Calif. Forecast: $1M Wayfair Wage Deal Up For Approval

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a deal to resolve a proposed wage and hour class action against furniture retailer Wayfair. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment ... (more story)

Pilots Look To Dodge Airline's Sanctions Bid Over Group Chat

A group of pilots is doing its best to fulfill Hawaiian Airlines' discovery request in a legal dispute over COVID-19 vaccine mandate exemptions, the pilots told a Hawaii federal judge, asking him not to sancti... (more story)

Mass. Casino Urges DC Circ. To Vacate Union Election Win

A casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, is challenging its card dealers' unionization, arguing that the D.C. Circuit should nix the results of a 2024 UNITE HERE representation election because of the conduct o... (more story)

NLRB Official Says Talks Ended Contract Bar At Security Co.

A National Labor Relations Board official has set a union representation election for workers at a security contractor, saying an existing labor contract with a competing union did not block the vote because n... (more story)

NLRB Clears Northeastern In Police Union Bargaining Case

The National Labor Relations Board has held that Northeastern University did not violate federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a campus police union, vacating a 2024 board decision after the First Circ... (more story)

NYC In Spotlight Of Teamsters Latest Amazon Push

New York has become the focal point of the Teamsters' efforts to organize drivers who deliver Amazon packages under third-party contracts, an emphasis on state-level advocacy that experts said could be a path ... (more story)

Utah Trombonist Says Union Aided In His Firing

A musicians union local sent statements to the Utah Symphony and Opera demanding that a tenured trombone musician be discharged and failed to properly represent him when he challenged his subsequent suspension... (more story)

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3rd Circ. Bumps Up Worker's Race Bias Award To $2M

The Third Circuit doubled the punitive damages awarded to a Black worker who said a ventilator supply company failed to stop co-workers' racist remarks and slurs, ruling the trial court's decision to slash a $... (more story)

Judge Reduces Sealy Worker's 'Excessive' Harassment Win

A Washington federal judge reduced a $5 million verdict awarded to a worker who claimed mattress company Sealy Inc. subjected her to sexual harassment, ruling she is owed only $1.25 million in damages after ca... (more story)

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Marketing Co. Rejected Pregnant Job Applicant, EEOC Says

The American arm of Tokyo-based marketing giant Dentsu declined to hire a female job applicant because she was pregnant, according to a new suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against t... (more story)

DOJ Says Race Bias Tainted GW Med School Admissions

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services ran afoul of federal law and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision by giving Black and Hispanic applicants an advantage over white and Asi... (more story)

Judge Wary Of EEOC's Challenge To Yale Hospital Age Testing

A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday said oral arguments forced her to rethink whether to require a trial in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's challenge to age-based employee cognition test... (more story)

2nd Circ. Backs Lyft In Wheelchair Access, Disability Bias Suit

The Second Circuit on Thursday rejected certified class claims from Westchester County, New York, residents accusing Lyft of systematically discriminating against disabled riders, saying the plaintiffs' sugges... (more story)

Amazon Sued Over Destroyed Meds, Leave And Bias Claims

Amazon Web Services Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have been sued in Georgia federal court by a disabled veteran who alleged Amazon "took and destroyed" his prescription medication and then forced him onto reduced-p... (more story)

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Aviation Co. Workers Say $4M Deal Threatens Wage Claims

A class of California aviation ground workers asked a federal court to lift a stay in their wage and hour case, alleging their employer concealed a state court settlement that purports to release a portion of ... (more story)

Cannabis Shop Denies Tip Theft, Renews Counterclaims

A Michigan cannabis dispensary has fired back against an employee who accused it of tip theft, claiming she is the one who stole, by secretly applying customers' loyalty points without their knowledge to pocke... (more story)

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Bio Co. Tells 9th Circ. Private FLSA Deals Are Valid

A biotechnology company urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm the dismissal of a former employee's overtime claims, arguing that nothing in the text of the Fair Labor Standards Act or U.S. Supreme Court precedent ... (more story)

Colo. Judge Says GEO Appeal Can't Oust Court's Jurisdiction

A Colorado federal judge ruled Thursday that he will continue to have jurisdiction over a case from detainees accusing private prison operator GEO Group of forcing inmates to do labor without proper compensati... (more story)

Colo. Employment Firm, Lawyer Settle Wage Dispute

A Denver employment law firm and a former attorney with the firm have settled the attorney's lawsuit that claimed the firm did not pay her all wages and commissions she is owed, according to a filing in Colora... (more story)

NY-Presbyterian Says Workers' Wage Claims Don't Add Up

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has urged a federal judge to toss an amended proposed class and collective action over wages, arguing the new allegations brought by two workers still cannot support overtime clai... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses seven recent rulings from cases involving Class Action Fairness Act jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction, attorney fees a... (more story)